HIV-2 infection in Denmark.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES（1992）
Abstract
A collection of 3019 selected serum samples (ss), comprising 329 ss from intravenous drug abusers, 558 ss from homosexual men, 682 samples from persons attending a STD clinic, 100 ss from individuals of African origin, 300 ss from sexual contacts to Africans,650 ss from Danish blood donors who resided in Africa >2 years prior to donating the ss, and 400 ss with equivocal antibody reactions in an HIV-1 Western blot was tested for antibodies against HIV-2 HIV in-house HIV-2 ELISA and Western blot. Four ss were positive for antibodies against HIV-2. Three of the ss originated from West African men, the fourth belonged to the spouse of one of these men. Three of the samples presented with an uncharacteristic reaction in a HIV-1 Western blot. The study indicates that HIV-2 infection is not yet widespread in Denmark and that it remains closely related to West Africa.
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